Two Bay Area elementary schools will be showered with iPads and Macs as part of Apple’s push to bring its technology to low-income students across the country.

Apple announced Monday that it will give technology grants to 114 U.S. schools, including Santee Elementary in San Jose and Stege Elementary in Richmond. Apple is supplying the gadgets as part of a $100 million pledge to President Barack Obama’s ConnectED initiative, a campaign for educational technology that also garnered support from companies like Microsoft, AT&T and Verizon.

Each winning school will receive iPads for all students, teachers and administrators, in addition to Macs for staff and an Apple TV for each classroom. Santee principal Maria Reyes said the gadgets will give her school a critical boost as it strives to give students real-world skills and adapt to new curriculum standards.

“This is a game-changer for us,” she said. “It’s great news for our students, teachers, parents and the community.”

Apple CEO Tim Cook announced the grants Monday as he was inducted into the Alabama Academy of Honor, a society recognizing distinguished Alabamans. Speaking in Montgomery, Cook singled out education as a key civil rights issue and also challenged his home state, which does not recognize gay marriage, to do more to protect the rights of the LGBT community.

“We can’t change the past, but we can learn from it, and we can create a different future,” he said.

On a website detailing the grants, Apple said the program is part of its efforts to improve the representation of minorities in the tech industry. The company revealed earlier this year that its U.S. workforce is 55 percent white.

Apple’s educational grants span 29 states and reach students at 11 schools in California. The technology company chose to partner with schools where at least 96 percent of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Santee Elementary, for example, is situated in one of Silicon Valley’s highest-need ZIP codes, with 98 percent of students eligible for free or reduced lunch, Reyes said.

“Our students play vital roles in really changing their communities,” she said.

Reyes said the grant from Apple will step up technology dramatically at Santee Elementary, which now has a computer lab and a cart of Chromebooks for its 468 students. Without Apple’s award, she estimates it would have taken her five years to secure iPads for all students on campus.

Stege principal Kim Moses did not respond to a request for comment.

Apple will deliver the gadgets to the first batch of 25 schools early next year, kicking off the program with training for teachers. Each school will also be assigned an Apple Education team to help integrate the technology.

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